Police nab repeat offender

Danny Jones escaped from the Coastal Transitional Center Friday.

An escaped prisoner is back in custody after he led police on a chase through Hitch Village.

Officers approached Danny Jones on Tuesday night after spotting him loitering on Cain Court in Hitch Village for a second time, a Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police report says.

Officers had already spoken with Jones earlier on Tuesday and asked him to leave since he does not live in the complex. That's when Jones gave police a fake name, the report says.

On the second occasion, Jones again gave officers a false name. He then tried to flee when police discovered an identification card issued by the Georgia Department of Corrections in his pocket, the report says. As police attempted to handcuff Jones, he pulled away and tried to strike an officer, the report says.

Jones then ran and officers chased him. Police arrested him after a short struggle. That's when officers discovered there was an existing warrant for Jones' arrest.

On Friday, Jones had escaped from the Coastal Transitional Center on Stiles Avenue, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.

Jones, 37, is being held in the Chatham County jail on charges of loitering and prowling, obstruction by resisting, obstruction by fleeing and escape, and obstruction by giving false information.

In 1993, Jones was sentenced to 20 years for robbery in Glynn County. He was released early, but got in trouble with the law again in 2003 when he was convicted of entering a vehicle, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.

Jones also has convictions for three burglaries, forgery and theft by receiving stolen property from the 1980s and early 1990s, according to corrections records.